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India's Supreme Court threw out on Tuesday (July 21) a last-minute appeal by Yakub Memon, the only person to be condemned to death for a series of bombings in Mumbai in 1993, clearing the way for his execution this month after two decades in

The parties involved in a dispute over a real estate development project in Bahrain have been urged to seek an out-of-court settlement so as not to harm the personal interests of owners, investors and the master developer.
Deputy

Internet security expert Avira has won a court order in Europe against Freemium.com, a company funded by media giant ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.
The court judgment allowed Avira’s antivirus software to continue to warn its cust

A court in in Bahrain has allowed owners of the controversial Kuwaiti Building to carry out maintenance, remodelling and repair work.
The High Administrative Court ordered the Manama Municipality to pay for their legal expenses, s

Access to Twitter and video-sharing website YouTube were blocked in Turkey on Monday following a court decision based on complaints from individuals, a source in Turkey's telecoms industry said.
Turkey temporarily blocked Twit

State-owned conglomerate Dubai World has been granted approval to end court proceedings relating to its $14.6 billion debt restructuring deal, according to a document on the court's website.
The action allows lawyers for the c

A Bahrain court has handed out death penalties to three men for forming a terrorist group that detonated a bomb, killing three policemen.
Ali Al Singace, 20, Sami Mushaima, 41, and Abbas Al Samee'a, 25, were found guilty of ru

Egypt's high court overturned on Tuesday the only remaining conviction against Hosni Mubarak and ordered a retrial in his embezzlement case, opening the way for a possible release from jail for the ousted former president.
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A US court has directed the ‘reorganised Arcapita Bank BSC" to initiate transfer of claims by eligible holders.
Through a notice published in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication yesterday (Decembe

Switzerland's Bank Sarasin and its Middle East unit must pay $10.45 million to members of Kuwait's wealthy Khorafi family after the financial institutions were found to have mis-sold $200 million of investment products, a Dubai court has